And the giants and sports will be so closely connected to what we do in Emergency Management but it is and it is for good reason because our citys success is really dependent upon inviting thousands more people here to enjoy our resources here in the city, to tax us a little bit on it, but this is what we do as a Great International city. All of you have a very distinct role in all of this and its my pleasure to begin telling you how proud i am and the months of september and particularly october have all been full of great events, and numerous events, and sometimes on schedules that while we had mentally took note they would be on the similar weekends, we were of course needing to really communicate with each other, and make sure we did all the things in the background that no one ever sees and talks to each other to make sure things happen smoothly, and i want to give big kudos to ed risin and all the others in transportation and advising people to take Public Transportation and emph
Had but the simulcast radios and departments didnt want toking on the same but we put them on it and youre probably in the next genraition of those radios right now and by the way there was a man here who preceded the mayor. It was then called the chief Administrative Officer and Rudy Rothenberg and incredible Civil Servant and i worked with him on this building. In fact i drew this building. I had architecture work as a midship man and if i find it im going to give it to you. We also as a result of that we subsumed the department of Public Health ambulance into the Fire Department and should have been done years ago and we centralized 911 upstairs. It was a great ride. In addition to the people i mentioned there were scores of others that helped me to succeed kronenberg was one of these people to help me when the political system was going on and i am particularly indebted to the usual suspects, the San Francisco suspects who come forward when you have problems and help you to fix the
Success is really dependent upon inviting thousands more people here to enjoy our resources here in the city, to tax us a little bit on it, but this is what we do as a Great International city. All of you have a very distinct role in all of this and its my pleasure to begin telling you how proud i am and the months of september and particularly october have all been full of great events, and numerous events, and sometimes on schedules that while we had mentally took note they would be on the similar weekends, we were of course needing to really communicate with each other, and make sure we did all the things in the background that no one ever sees and talks to each other to make sure things happen smoothly, and i want to give big kudos to ed risin and all the others in transportation and advising people to take Public Transportation and emphasize that in all of our Major International and worldwide and world seize of events that happened in the city. Whether its americas cup or fleet w
slow and could reach out and touch and i made a u turn and i got on the roo. the director of radio services had a call sign at the time and close to the police chiefs. i got on and called in and there was a pregnant pause. and they said who are you sir? and i said i m the director of emergency services a are you a police officer? no, i m not and do you have a gun? no, i don t. you should be careful and don t approach that car and need help and he s making a left and by the time we got to geary black and whites were all over the place and apprehended the person and i got a call from alex faigen who was the later the police chief. he was a friend of mine. he said well, admiral do we have to give you credit for an assisted arrest and i said you bet your life too and i also want a sf tv star and anyway those small things happen. i paid the police department and the city back. we put this together with a group of volunteerses, the original command center. the wonde
work as a midship man and if i find it i m going to give it to you. we also as a result of that we subsumed the department of public health ambulance into the fire department and should have been done years ago and we centralized 911 upstairs. it was a great ride. in addition to the people i mentioned there were scores of others that helped me to succeed kronenberg was one of these people to help me when the political system was going on and i am particularly indebted to the usual suspects, the san francisco suspects who come forward when you have problems and help you to fix them, and i will end with that because they make a difference, and i will end with that, and i brought something with me i want to show you. that s the emergency plan that i as the first all hazards emergency plan that we wrote for this city. it was praised up and down the coast. you have a better one now, and could you reach that little book on top? yeah. and in my navy training when you get in an air